"The racial profiling study comes about because people of color have long said: 'We are being targeted for profiling on the highway.'Law enforcement officials have said to that: 'No, you're not. It's not our policy and we don't do that.' This study was put in place to be fair to both parties," said Anthony Maione who is the spokesperson for a coalition of more than thirty civil rights groups."

Providence Police Chief Richard Sullivan says he believes his department is in compliance with the driving while black law and any problems in the reporting stem from a misunderstanding.